2016 State of Silicon Prairie Report: Ames ranked #1

A special report by Silicon Prairie News titled, “The State of the Silicon Prairie” ranks Ames as the most dynamic community for startup activity in the Midwest.

According to the report, 5 communities from Iowa ranked in the top 14, that being the most communities for any other Midwestern state that is included in the ranking. The 14 communities are ranked by a per capita score and a RAW score. The RAW score simply ranks communities on all of its data points collected and gives an idea of the total size of the startup ecosystem. It is stated in the article that this is a more reliable ranking than the per capita score.

The full report is in three sections and provides context for the 14 communities, data commentary for each community directly from the survey, and general insight to Silicon Prairie and what they are doing.